Bacchus Marsh property market: the official numbers
Bacchus Marsh, VIC, in official numbers: the people, the rents, the repayments, and the pay cheques behind them. Every figure below is ABS Census 2021 data, linked at the bottom so you can check it yourself.
The straight answer
Bacchus Marsh rented at a median $340/wk in 2021 — 9% below the national median. Repayments ($1,733/mo) ran ahead of rent ($1,473/mo), but not brutally.
The numbers that matter
The typical repayment ran at about 22% of the median household income. These are point-in-time medians from August 2021. Rents and repayments have moved since — repayments especially, after the 2022–24 rate rises — so compare places with them; don't price today with them.
Rent against the repayment
At the census, the typical monthly rent worked out to $1,473 against a typical mortgage repayment of $1,733:
How to read the rent-repayment gap
The mortgage figure reflects loans and rates as at August 2021, before the 2022–24 rate rises — today's repayment on a new loan would be higher. The rent figure is what tenants were actually paying, not today's asking rents. The useful signal is the shape: where rent and repayments sit close together, buying has historically competed well with renting here; where repayments tower over rent, the market prices in growth. Run your own numbers with the mortgage vs invest tool or what can I afford?
How Bacchus Marsh houses itself
20.7% of Bacchus Marsh households rent — that's the tenant pool an investor here would actually be renting into, and it's on the thin side.
Who lives here
How to read an age profile
A heavy 25–44 band usually means family housing demand (and pressure on 3–4 bedroom stock); a heavy 65+ band signals downsizer and retiree demand (units, single-level living, proximity to health care). Bacchus Marsh's median age of 37 sits below the national median of 38.
What the local economy runs on
construction employs 15.1% of Bacchus Marsh's 12,099 workers (Census 2021). Local housing demand rises and falls with it.
What it costs to buy in VIC
Current sale prices live behind licensed feeds we won't republish. The costs of buying don't — they're public and exact:
- Stamp duty in Victoria — exact duty and first-home-buyer concessions.
- What can I afford? — borrowing power, price range and all-in upfront cash.
- The official VIC price trend — ABS state-level values since 2011, interactive.
Quick answers
What is the median rent in Bacchus Marsh?
At the 2021 Census the median rent in Bacchus Marsh was $340 a week — 9% below the national median ($375/wk). Rents have moved since 2021; check current listings for today's asking rents.
How many people live in Bacchus Marsh?
24,717 people at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 37 (national median: 38). Bacchus Marsh is one of Victoria's significant urban areas as defined by the ABS.
What do people in Bacchus Marsh do for work?
The biggest employing industry is construction, followed by health care & social assistance (ABS Census 2021). The industry mix shapes how resilient local housing demand is.
So, who buys here?
Your call
Neither a cashflow bargain nor a pure scarcity play: rent covered about 85% of the typical repayment at the census. That middle ground tends to suit owner-occupiers better than spreadsheet investors. Also, only 20.7% of households here rent — a shallow tenant pool, so any vacancy bites harder.
Everything above is August 2021 — before you act, pull current asking rents, vacancy and listing volumes for Bacchus Marsh. Then run your own numbers: what can I afford? for borrowing power and upfront cash, and the Victoria stamp duty calculator for the tax bill.
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General information only — not financial or property advice. All figures are ABS Census 2021 ( official QuickStats for Bacchus Marsh, CC-BY 4.0), which predates the 2022–24 rate rises; conditions have moved since. Last reviewed 10 July 2026.